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What (who) is Jaffna - definition

CAPITAL CITY OF THE NORTHERN PROVINCE OF SRI LANKA
Jaffna (city); Jaffna (City); யாழ்ப்பாணம; Jaffanapatnam; Avrankal; Jafna; யாழ்ப்பாணம்; Town of (the) Harper; Yarlpanam; Yazhpanam; Yāpanaya; Yāl̮ppāṇam; Jaffna, Sri Lanka; Jafna city; City of Jaffna; Jaffna city; Jaffna Hindu Primary School; Jaffnapatam; Jaffnapatnam; History of Jaffna
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  • Entrance of [[Jaffna Fort]], which the Portuguese built, and which the Dutch renovated in 1680.

Ruins of Jaffna kingdom         
  • Ruins of the foundation of the [[Cankilian Thoppu]], which is away from the current Cankilian Thoppu, and considered as another facade of the palace.
Jaffna Palace Ruins; Jaffna Palace ruins; Ruins of Jaffna kingdom
Ruins of Jaffna kingdom refer to the remains of the Remaining building structures of Jaffna kingdom, the royal abode and structure of the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Jaffna, Nallur, Jaffna in Northern Sri Lanka.
Jaffna Peninsula         
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  • Jaffna kingdom at its greatest extent c. 1350.
REGION OF NORTHERN PROVINCE, SRI LANKA
Jaffna peninsula; Naga Tivu; Nāka Tivu; Nāka Nadu
Jaffna Peninsula () or () is an area in Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is home to the capital city of the province, Jaffna, and comprises much of the former land mass of the medieval Jaffna kingdom.
List of Jaffna monarchs         
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WIKIMEDIA LIST ARTICLE
List of monarchs of the Jaffna kingdom
The following is a list of monarchs of the Jaffna kingdom from 1215 with the invasion of Kalinga Magha to the Portuguese conquest of Jaffna Kingdom under Cankili II 1619.

Wikipedia

Jaffna

Jaffna (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம், romanized: Yāḻppāṇam, Sinhala: යාපනය, romanized: Yāpanaya) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th most populous city. Jaffna is approximately six miles (9.7 kilometres) from Kandarodai which served as an emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical antiquity. Jaffna's suburb Nallur served as the capital of the four-century-long medieval Tamil Jaffna Kingdom.

Prior to the Sri Lankan Civil War, it was Sri Lanka's second most populous city after Colombo. The 1980s insurgent uprising led to extensive damage, expulsion of part of the population, and military occupation. Since the end of civil war in 2009, refugees and internally displaced people began returning to homes, while government and private sector reconstruction started taking place. Historically, Jaffna has been a contested city. It was made into a colonial port town during the Portuguese occupation of the Jaffna peninsula in 1619 who lost it to the Dutch, only to lose it to the British in 1796. During the civil war, the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) occupied Jaffna in 1986. The Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) briefly occupied the city in 1987. The LTTE again occupied the city from 1989 until 1995, when the Sri Lankan Army regained control.

The majority of the city's population are Sri Lankan Tamils with a significant number of Sri Lankan Moors, Indian Tamils and other ethnic groups present in the city prior to the civil war. Most Sri Lankan Tamils are Hindus followed by Christians, Muslims and a small Buddhist minority. The city is home to number of educational institutions established during the colonial and post-colonial period. It also has number of commercial institutions, minor industrial units, banks, hotels and other government institutions. It is home to many historical sites such as the popular Jaffna library that was burnt down and rebuilt and the Jaffna fort which was rebuilt during the Dutch colonial period.

Examples of use of Jaffna
1. Telephone contact with Jaffna is extremely difficult.
2. Ponnudurai Balasundarampillai, former vice–chancellor of Jaffna University.
3. Sri Lanka‘s Tamils consider Jaffna their cultural homeland.
4. Residents said hundreds were fleeing fishing villages near Jaffna.
5. Sundarabawan, 42, tending his vegetable stall in Jaffna market.